D-Day for Vickery in fight to save career

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PHIL VICKERY is hoping to see a specialist today in a meeting that will have a significant bearing on the England prop’s future. He is due to have a scan and a series of tests with Richard Nelson, the Bristol-based surgeon who has twice saved his career. Once the results are known, Vickery will have a clearer idea of the prognosis and his chances of playing again.

Vickery, while pessimistic about the outcome, has ruled out nothing until his consultation with Nelson this morning. In a best-case scenario he is likely to need a third operation, which would mean he